Position of 'for' preposition in sentence
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Which one is correct and why?
Reports are important for her to know for which categories money are
spent and how to optimise it.
Reports are important for her to know what categories money are
spent for and how to optimise it.
prepositions
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Which one is correct and why?
Reports are important for her to know for which categories money are
spent and how to optimise it.
Reports are important for her to know what categories money are
spent for and how to optimise it.
prepositions
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The elephant in the room is that you do not spend money for categories. In point of fact, you don't spend it for anything. There's also tiny baby elephants running between the huge elephant's legs, and none of them has to do with what you are asking about. This is a great example of an X for Y question and as such I suggest you take it to chat, for which you have sufficient rep.
– RegDwigнt♦
May 7 at 14:58
thanks! have 't ever knew about this chat. Event after years of stackexchange usage.
– IAfanasov
May 7 at 15:34
The comment by @RegDwigнt a little too prescriptive for me, since people have been spending money for stuff for at least a hundred years
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:36
google.com/…
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:37
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Which one is correct and why?
Reports are important for her to know for which categories money are
spent and how to optimise it.
Reports are important for her to know what categories money are
spent for and how to optimise it.
prepositions
edited May 7 at 14:42
Jessica Tiberio
882514
asked May 7 at 14:38
IAfanasov
110117
Which one is correct and why?
Reports are important for her to know for which categories money are
spent and how to optimise it.
Reports are important for her to know what categories money are
spent for and how to optimise it.
prepositions
prepositions
edited May 7 at 14:42
Jessica Tiberio
882514
asked May 7 at 14:38
IAfanasov
110117
edited May 7 at 14:42
Jessica Tiberio
882514
asked May 7 at 14:38
IAfanasov
110117
edited May 7 at 14:42
Jessica Tiberio
882514
edited May 7 at 14:42
Jessica Tiberio
882514
edited May 7 at 14:42
Jessica Tiberio
882514
882514
asked May 7 at 14:38
IAfanasov
110117
asked May 7 at 14:38
IAfanasov
110117
asked May 7 at 14:38
IAfanasov
110117
110117
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The elephant in the room is that you do not spend money for categories. In point of fact, you don't spend it for anything. There's also tiny baby elephants running between the huge elephant's legs, and none of them has to do with what you are asking about. This is a great example of an X for Y question and as such I suggest you take it to chat, for which you have sufficient rep.
– RegDwigнt♦
May 7 at 14:58
thanks! have 't ever knew about this chat. Event after years of stackexchange usage.
– IAfanasov
May 7 at 15:34
The comment by @RegDwigнt a little too prescriptive for me, since people have been spending money for stuff for at least a hundred years
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:36
google.com/…
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:37
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The elephant in the room is that you do not spend money for categories. In point of fact, you don't spend it for anything. There's also tiny baby elephants running between the huge elephant's legs, and none of them has to do with what you are asking about. This is a great example of an X for Y question and as such I suggest you take it to chat, for which you have sufficient rep.
– RegDwigнt♦
May 7 at 14:58
thanks! have 't ever knew about this chat. Event after years of stackexchange usage.
– IAfanasov
May 7 at 15:34
The comment by @RegDwigнt a little too prescriptive for me, since people have been spending money for stuff for at least a hundred years
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:36
google.com/…
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:37
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The elephant in the room is that you do not spend money for categories. In point of fact, you don't spend it for anything. There's also tiny baby elephants running between the huge elephant's legs, and none of them has to do with what you are asking about. This is a great example of an X for Y question and as such I suggest you take it to chat, for which you have sufficient rep.
– RegDwigнt♦
May 7 at 14:58
The elephant in the room is that you do not spend money for categories. In point of fact, you don't spend it for anything. There's also tiny baby elephants running between the huge elephant's legs, and none of them has to do with what you are asking about. This is a great example of an X for Y question and as such I suggest you take it to chat, for which you have sufficient rep.
– RegDwigнt♦
May 7 at 14:58
thanks! have 't ever knew about this chat. Event after years of stackexchange usage.
– IAfanasov
May 7 at 15:34
thanks! have 't ever knew about this chat. Event after years of stackexchange usage.
– IAfanasov
May 7 at 15:34
The comment by @RegDwigнt a little too prescriptive for me, since people have been spending money for stuff for at least a hundred years
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:36
The comment by @RegDwigнt a little too prescriptive for me, since people have been spending money for stuff for at least a hundred years
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:36
google.com/…
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:37
google.com/…
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:37
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Let me copy answer from chat here for future readers with same question:
You spend money/time/etc on something, not for something.
(for is possible for another meaning that you don't need to be concerned with now.)
Therefore, neither choice below is the optimal wording.
for which categories money are spent
what categories money are spent for
Change for for on, and both are correct, with the former being more formal.
on which categories money is spent
what categories money is spent on
Also, money is spent, not are.
answered May 8 at 1:33
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Let me copy answer from chat here for future readers with same question:
You spend money/time/etc on something, not for something.
(for is possible for another meaning that you don't need to be concerned with now.)
Therefore, neither choice below is the optimal wording.
for which categories money are spent
what categories money are spent for
Change for for on, and both are correct, with the former being more formal.
on which categories money is spent
what categories money is spent on
Also, money is spent, not are.
answered May 8 at 1:33
IAfanasov
110117
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Let me copy answer from chat here for future readers with same question:
You spend money/time/etc on something, not for something.
(for is possible for another meaning that you don't need to be concerned with now.)
Therefore, neither choice below is the optimal wording.
for which categories money are spent
what categories money are spent for
Change for for on, and both are correct, with the former being more formal.
on which categories money is spent
what categories money is spent on
Also, money is spent, not are.
answered May 8 at 1:33
IAfanasov
110117
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Let me copy answer from chat here for future readers with same question:
You spend money/time/etc on something, not for something.
(for is possible for another meaning that you don't need to be concerned with now.)
Therefore, neither choice below is the optimal wording.
for which categories money are spent
what categories money are spent for
Change for for on, and both are correct, with the former being more formal.
on which categories money is spent
what categories money is spent on
Also, money is spent, not are.
answered May 8 at 1:33
IAfanasov
110117
Let me copy answer from chat here for future readers with same question:
You spend money/time/etc on something, not for something.
(for is possible for another meaning that you don't need to be concerned with now.)
Therefore, neither choice below is the optimal wording.
for which categories money are spent
what categories money are spent for
Change for for on, and both are correct, with the former being more formal.
on which categories money is spent
what categories money is spent on
Also, money is spent, not are.
answered May 8 at 1:33
IAfanasov
110117
answered May 8 at 1:33
IAfanasov
110117
answered May 8 at 1:33
IAfanasov
110117
answered May 8 at 1:33
IAfanasov
110117
110117
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The elephant in the room is that you do not spend money for categories. In point of fact, you don't spend it for anything. There's also tiny baby elephants running between the huge elephant's legs, and none of them has to do with what you are asking about. This is a great example of an X for Y question and as such I suggest you take it to chat, for which you have sufficient rep.
– RegDwigнt♦
May 7 at 14:58
thanks! have 't ever knew about this chat. Event after years of stackexchange usage.
– IAfanasov
May 7 at 15:34
The comment by @RegDwigнt a little too prescriptive for me, since people have been spending money for stuff for at least a hundred years
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:36
google.com/…
– Knotell
May 7 at 16:37